Positive change after over ten years implementing Law on Cultural Heritage in Quang Ninh province

After more than ten years implementing the Law on Cultural Heritage in Quang Ninh province, the preservation and promotion of cultural heritage in the province has seen a positive shift. As a result, many tangible and intangible cultural heritages have been effectively preserved. The Law on Cultural Heritage was promulgated in 2001 and came into effect on January 1st 2002. Now, there are 626 historical and cultural relics, and beautiful landscapes in the province. Three of them, including Ha Long Bay, Yen Tu historical relics and landscape, and Bach Dang victory historical relics, were recognized as special national relics. 64 others were recognized as national relics and 62 were recognized as provincial relics. Being aware of the importance and role of relics in daily and spiritual life, and their potential in socio-economic and cultural activities, authorities, organizations and people in the province joined hands in preserving historical relics and landscapes in the province. With capital from the state budget and socialization, over the past years, hundreds of relics in the province have been restored and upgraded according to procedures regulated by the State. This has played a positive role in serving the cultural and spiritual life of local people. A part from the system of tangible cultural heritages, the province has thousands of intangible cultural heritages in the daily life of ethnic minority groups. Over the past time, many programmes and projects related to intangible cultural heritages have been carried out, helping many heritages continue to exist in spite of…